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Source Description
While this appears to be a fairly typical mid-19th century railroad map, it was specifically commissioned by the War Department to provide current information about southern railroads. The map’s significance for military intelligence was recorded in a note written by the cartographer’s widow when she gave this copy to the Boston Public Library. She recalled that the map was displayed in Secretary Stanton’s War Office, where black and red pins were used to locate the varying positions of the two armies, and that the map proved very useful to General Sherman in his march through Georgia to the sea. Mrs. Kimber concluded by stating her husband was a Quaker "and to ease his conscience for having prepared such a map at all he declined any payment for it."
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Document identity
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xg94j2333
label
Rail road map of the southern states shewing the southern & southwestern railway connections with Philadelphia
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obj
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map
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1
Source metadata
id
xg94j2333
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Rail road map of the southern states shewing the southern & southwestern railway connections with Philadelphia
description
While this appears to be a fairly typical mid-19th century railroad map, it was specifically commissioned by the War Department to provide current information about southern railroads. The map’s significance for military intelligence was recorded in a note written by the cartographer’s widow when she gave this copy to the Boston Public Library. She recalled that the map was displayed in Secretary Stanton’s War Office, where black and red pins were used to locate the varying positions of the two armies, and that the map proved very useful to General Sherman in his march through Georgia to the sea. Mrs. Kimber concluded by stating her husband was a Quaker "and to ease his conscience for having prepared such a map at all he declined any payment for it."
date
["1862"]
year
1862
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_006561
creators
Kimber, Thomas, 1787-1864
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Railroads--United States--Maps
United States--Maps
subjectsGeographic
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Philadelphia
publisher
[Thomas Kimber]
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
38
schema:longitude
-98
extent
1 map : col. ; 75 x 133 cm.
notes
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862, by Thomas Kimber Jr.
Inset: Southern part of Florida. 25 x 18 cm.
Map depicts rail lines, roads, cities and towns, state and county boundaries, and rivers.
Description derived from published bibliography.
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no
dcId
xg94j2333
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map
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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cb8339d4a91c0b37